Two Sisters in Gansu Province Repeatedly Imprisoned and Tortured

Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Chen Shuxian and her sister Ms. Chen Jie were arrested in Lanzhou City on June 30th, 2012, and sent to the Lanzhou First Detention Centre. Local public security organizations have again attempted to have them sentenced to prison.

Before this current arrest, Ms. Chen Shuxian and Ms. Chen Jie had both previously been sentenced by a Communist court and tortured while they were in prison. The following is a recount of their persecution.

Ms. Chen Shuxian (the older sister) Imprisoned for 3-1/2 years

Since the Chinese Communist Party (under Jiang Zemin) started persecuting Falun Gong in July 1999, Ms Chen Shuxian, 47, has been repeatedly arrested, and her money extorted by local enforcement authorities. On July 20th, 1999, Ms. Chen went to appeal for Falun Gong and was fined by the Huining County Public Security Bureau.

In 2001, Ms. Chen Shuxian was arrested by Cao Guangxin, police officer from the Huining County National Security Bureau, and Zhou Guobi, police officer from the Chengguan Police Station. She was taken to the Chengguan Police Station where she was brutally tortured for two days and nights by Wang Yancai, captain of the National Security Brigade, Cao Guangxin and Wu Xiaoxia, police officers from the Chengguan Police Station, and other police officers. Cao grabbed her by the neck and smashed her head against the wall and then kicked her repeatedly. As a result, she fell down to the ground and fainted. She was sentenced to 18 months in jail by the local public security bureau before escaping to Yinchuan City where she lived a homeless life to avoid arrest.

Ms. Chen Shuxian was again arrested by police officers from the Branch Station of the Public Security Bureau of Yinchuan City on August 18th, 2002, for displaying banners exposing the persecution of Falun Gong, and detained in Yinchuan Detention Centre. After being arraigned, she was brutally tortured by police in the detention centre to the point that she was unable to walk. Even then, she was forced to perform hard-labour, and given little food if she didn't finish her quota. She was arrested by the procurator of Yinchuan City on November 18th.

When Ms. Chen was in custody, her husband, unable to deal with the coercion by communist personnel, divorced her. Huining Court personnel Tuo Yuying (female) and Gou Xuesi were responsible for processing the divorce. They did not rule the case with justice, and Ms. Chen was not given any property in the divorce. Tuo later died of cancer, and before her death she told friends and family that she regretted participating in the persecution of Falun Gong, and said that she had received retribution for her bad deeds.

The Yinchuan Court later conspired with the Yinchuan 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) and the Huining 610 Office to sentence Ms. Chen to 3-1/2 years in jail. She was detained in the Yinchuan Women's Prison.

While in jail, Ms. Chen was forced to perform hard-labour, resulting in eye disease, tear-duct blockage, hair follicle inflammation, and facial shrinking. She was forced to sew clothes even after her health deteriorated. During her three-year detention, the police officers didn't allow her family to visit her. (For more details pertaining her persecution, please refer to the article, "The Persecution of Gansu Province Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Chen Shuxian," published on the Minghui website on September 1st, 2011.

On February 18th, 2006, Ms. Chen Shuxian's imprisonment term was over, but she was not released and instead was forcibly transferred to the Lanzhou Gongjiawan Brainwashing Centre by Huining 610 Office agent Kang Yingxiang and Yun Pingqiang, captain of the Huining Public Security Bureau, for continued persecution.

Ms. Chen Shuxian returned home in the autumn of 2006. She was emaciated by then and lived with her mother who is in her eighties. However, the Chinese communist personnel didn't stop persecuting her. In October 2007, her house was ransacked and all her Falun Gong-related books and materials were confiscated. In recent years, she continues to work, to make a living.

Ms. Chen Shuxian's Younger Sister Ms. Chen Jie Imprisoned for Three Years

In November 2002, Ms. Chen Jie, 42, had taken clothes to her sister Ms. Chen Shuxian in the Yinchuan Detention Centre. On her way home, she was followed by police. On November 16th, she was arrested and her house was ransacked by the police. Three cases of materials exposing the persecution of Falun Gong, CDs, colour printing stickers, and a bank book that had about 48,000 yuan¹ in savings was taken. The police brutally hit her with a rubber-headed electric baton. They shouted, “Killing you is like trampling an ant.”

Ms. Chen was taken to the Yinchuan Public Security Bureau where she was arraigned by political commissioner Zhang Yong. Zhang first attempted to deceive her by pretending to be kind, but he didn't succeed. He proceeded to lure her by offering her a house, a good job, and money if she would tell him the source of the materials exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. After all of his attempts failed, he ordered other police to torture her. She was hung up by her handcuffs and hit with a steel whip. Police officer Yu Guangling tortured her for three days and nights and didn't allow her to eat or drink. He said, “If you don't tell me the source of the materials, you will be hung forever.” Ten police officers took turns torturing her. Police officer Xing Chunhua punched, kicked, and cursed at her. Police officer Zhang Anzhong said, “You, sister, are like a diamond. I would like to test how tough you really are!” The Huining County Public Security Bureau held her for 15 days. After this, she was forced to leave home, and move from place to place to avoid the police.

Ms. Chen Jie was again arrested by police from the Lanzhou National Security Bureau on December 8th, 2003, and detained in the Gansu National Security Detention Centre. On April 7th, 2005, she was sentenced to a three-year prison term and detained in the Gansu Women's Prison where she was inhumanely tortured. The prison authorities denied visitation with her family until she was being released.

After Ms. Chen was released, she worked in Huining City and Lanzhou City to maintain a livelihood. Ms. Chen's older brother Mr. Chen Zhongxuan was arrested by the Huining National Security Bureau in September 2011 for explaining the facts about Falun Gong to people in Zhongchuan County. He later escaped and was forced to become homeless. In order to arrest Mr. Chen, the Huining Political and Legal Affairs Committee, the 610 Office, and the National Security Bureau followed Ms. Chen. At that time, Ms. Chen was working in Lanzhou City. The Huining police conspired with the Lanzhou police and installed a camera on her stairs to monitor the people with whom she had contact.

On the morning of April 9th, 2012, under the command of Shi Huaizhong from the Lanzhou Anning Branch Administrative Security Brigade, a swarm of officers from the Shilidian Police Station broke into the a small department store owned by a family member of the Gansu Provincial Party School and took away all the computers and other items. They arrested Ms. Chen Jie and took her to Shilidian Police Station. She was interrogated and later released.

The Huining National Security Bureau, Huining County government personnel, and people from the Danan Village Committee rushed to the Shilidian Police Station to find Mr. Chen Zhongxuan. When they didn't find him, they went looking for Ms. Chen Jie, but she could not be found.

Ms. Chen Shuxian, Ms. Chen Jie, and Their Brother's Wife Imprisoned

Ms. Chen Shuxian and her sister Ms. Chen Jie were arrested in her apartment in Lanzhou City on June 30th, at about 5:00 p.m. Another practitioner, Wang Yujiang from Yongdeng County, was also arrested at that time. Wang Yujiang is now detained in the Lanzhou Kangtai Hospital, and Ms. Chen and her sister were transferred to the Lanzhou First Detention Centre.

Additionally, Ms. Chen's older brother Mr. Chen Zhongxuan and his wife Ms. Han Xiufang were arrested by officers from the Zhongchuan Police Station and the Huining Public Security Bureau as they were explaining the facts about Falun Gong to people in Zhongchuan County. At that time, Mr. Chen escaped and has since been forced to become homeless. On February 28th, 2012, the Huining Court tried Ms. Han Xiufang and other practitioners. A lawyer from Beijing was hired to defend her. In the face of facts, the judge had nothing to say. However, to date, Ms. Han has not been released and is still detained in the Lanzhou First Detention Centre.

The Lanzhou First Detention Centre is known as a notorious evil den that has detained and persecuted numerous Falun Gong practitioners. From 2001 to 2003, three practitioners, including Liu Lanxiang, Zhang Fengyun, and Wan Guifu, were persecuted to death, and many others were persecuted to the extent that they became disabled.

Ms. Chen's sister-in-law Ms. Han Xiufang is detained in the Baiyin Detention Centre. Currently, only Ms. Chen's 90-year-old mother is home. She is alone, with no one to take care of her.

Related personnel's information:
Li Yonggang, captain, National Security Brigade: +86-13639361807 (Mobile)
Li Jihui, Huining County Politics and Law Bureau (secretary and captain of the Public Security Bureau): +86-1363936100 (Mobile)
+86-13639304033 (Mobile)
+86-943-3220110, +86-943-3221465 (Office)
Kang Yingxiang, director of the 610 Office: +86-13639361376 (Mobile)
+86-943-3221465 (Office)

Note

1. "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.